Henry Dallas Helmcken

Helmcken was born in 1859, the son of Cecilia Douglas and John Sebastian Helmcken. His mother was the daughter of Sir James Douglas, and his father was a physician. He was educated at the Nest Academy in Jedburgh, Scotland, the universities of Edinburgh and London and at Osgoode Hall.

In 1895, he married Hannah Jane Goodwin, a widow.

Helmcken was director of the Jubilee Hospital.^[2]

In 1909, he ran unsuccessfully in the provincial riding of Esquimalt as a Conservative, and then as an independent Conservative in 1912.^[3]